Why didn't Li Ka-shing attend Mr. Ho's funeral? What's the secret behind him?
Why didn't Li Ka-shing attend Mr. Ho's funeral in person? Li Ka-shing is also an important person and a rich man, but he didn't show up at the gambling king's funeral that day and didn't send his son. After all, it is understandable that Li Ka-shing is too old to show up at the funeral, but it doesn't make sense not to send his son. Li Ka-shing once said in public that he and Mr. Ho had a good friendship, but now it seems that this is not the case.
As we all know, Li Ka-shing began to invest heavily in Europe more than ten years ago, and for this reason, Li Ka-shing has also been criticized by Hongkong, Taiwan Province and the mainland. In spite of this, Li Ka-shing went its own way and invested a lot of capital in Europe. Among European countries, Britain is the focus of Li Ka-shing's investment. Hutchison Whampoa Property, owned by Li Ka-shing, has been preparing to invest in the large-scale British real estate project-the escort terminal since it acquired the largest British bar operator for 4.6 billion pounds in 20 19 and the largest British brewery and bar group for 39.3 billion pounds. The investment of this large-scale project is nearly HK$ 654.38+000 billion, and the expected profit and value are extremely high, which is self-evident for Li Jia and Hutchison Whampoa Real Estate. On July 10, according to a number of British media reports, Hutchison Whampoa Property, owned by Li Ka-shing, officially obtained the first development license of this project. Years of hard planning and waiting have finally made significant progress!
Major projects are about to start, and Li Ka-shing and his whole family may focus on their careers for a long time. For a "smart" businessman like Li Ka-shing, attending a private colleague's funeral may not be as important as the deployment of major projects. The commencement of major projects may make Li Ka-shing unable to attend Mr. Stanley Ho's funeral, but the real reason should not be so simple.
Personal friendship may generally only be the day when Stanley Ho, the gambling king, died. In an interview with the media, Li Ka-shing mentioned that he and Mr. Stanley Ho had been good friends for many years, and expressed grief over the death of the gambling king, hoping that his family would not change. However, judging from other reports about the two men before the death of the gambling king, their private friendship may be just so-so, not to the extent of being friends for many years. Stanley Ho is the "gambling king" in Macau, and Li Ka-shing is the richest man in Hong Kong. It stands to reason that they should have many opportunities for cooperation and exchange. However, the two of them only stayed in the same box a few times. The only thing that impressed people was that on the day of the gambling king's 90th birthday, Li Ka-shing and a group of Hong Kong tycoons went to Macau to celebrate his birthday. In addition, the other photos of the two are basically related to business or politics. It can be said that there is almost no public intersection between the two in private.
The major media have different opinions about the general reasons for their personal relationship. Among the various reasons for media analysis, it is more credible that their ideas are different.
On the concept of love, Li Ka-shing insists on a pair of lifelong, and Zhuang Yueming is the only legal wife so far. After the death of Zhuang Yueming, it is said that Ms. Zhou Kaixuan, who had a close personal relationship with Li Ka-shing, just became a confidante. In sharp contrast with Li Ka-shing, Mr. Stanley Ho has been carrying out the concept of "loving career and beauty", with four open wives and as many as 17 children. It can also be seen from Li Ka-shing's early interviews that he did not agree with the chaos in Mr. Ho's private life. In addition to the concept of love, the two are also very different in investment choices. Stanley Ho has always regarded the mainland as the investment focus of any company, and he himself has served as an executive of more than 65,438+00 mainland companies. Dozens of companies under his jurisdiction include transportation, real estate, education and high-tech industries. It can be described as extensive. Li Ka-shing's choice was the opposite of that of Mr. Ho. In recent years, Li Ka-shing's industry has been divesting from the mainland and gradually shifting its industrial focus to Europe.
Zhou Kaixuan attended the funeral as a representative. Although the sons of Li Ka-shing and Li Ka-shing didn't appear at the funeral of the gambling king this time, Zhou Kaixuan came. Zhou Kaixuan is also a successful businesswoman. In fact, she has another identity, Li Ka-shing's confidante. Now Zhou Kaixuan is over 50 years old. She met Li Ka-shing in her thirties and became his confidante. There are many factors that have not been straightened out in the end.
I don't know whether Zhou Kaixuan's arrival represents himself or Li Ka-shing. If you represent yourself, you can only say that the relationship between Li Ka-shing and the gambling king is average, not even good friends. After all, his name has appeared in the funeral committee of the Stanley Ho family. If he didn't come, he can also send his son to represent him. If Zhou Kaixuan represents Li Ka-shing, it means that Li Ka-shing didn't straighten Zhou Kaixuan, but her position was heavier and she didn't miss the opportunity to attend the funeral of the gambling king.
Li Ka-shing and Mr. Stanley Ho are different people. As for his wife and children, Li Ka-shing has only one wife and two children, but Mr. Stanley Ho, the gambling king, is different. After he left, there were more women. On the surface, there were four wives, but he didn't disclose his relationship with Nina Li Chi and others. Perhaps only the gambling king knows, and there are many children of the gambling king, as high as 65438+.
It can be seen from here that Li Ka-shing is not a romantic and willful person, but the gambling king is just the opposite. Li Ka-shing is very clever here. He knew that he and Mr. Stanley Ho, the king of gambling, were not on the same road, and Li Ka-shing had withdrawn a lot of money abroad in recent years.
So Li Ka-shing is not afraid to offend the gambling king family on the surface. Because Li Ka-shing knew that he would be different from the gambling king family in the future, there wouldn't be too much collision between funds, so he chose to keep a certain distance, so he chose not to attend the gambling king's funeral.
After the death of Stanley Ho, he joined funeral committee in his own name.
However, Li Ka-shing has done enough work on the surface, which is enough for many people to talk about him. Although Li Ka-shing didn't give the gambling king Stanley Ho a funeral and help the spirits, Li Ka-shing also agreed to join funeral committee in his own name after Stanley Ho's death.
In fact, this move has given the gambling king's family enough face. At the funeral of the gambling king, we can see a very key person, Zhou Kaixuan. Many people outside believe that this person is a representative sent by Li Ka-shing. However, whether this person is a representative sent by Li Ka-shing may only be known to himself.
Although these actions have aroused many people's speculation, there are also many people who are helpless about Li Ka-shing. Li Ka-shing did enough superficial work, but no one in the family went to the funeral of the gambling king. Li Ka-shing's wisdom is very high, which has been shown in the commercial field for a long time. If it weren't for Li Ka-shing's wisdom, he wouldn't have started from scratch, nor would he be recognized as the richest man in Hong Kong.
However, Li Ka-shing is not a person who chooses not to attend the funeral for the benefit and the pursuit of his own project. Over the years, Li Ka-shing has brought many people back to life and attended many funerals, but these people are Li Ka-shing's best friends, or some respectable people, and some people with no problem with their life style.
Mr. Ho is dead, and Li Ka-shing is old. No one can stop the ruthlessness of time. In the near future, Li Ka-shing will also face the ruthlessness of the years, and his wonderful life will come to an end. Just before the end, Li Ka-shing still stuck to his own principles.